Abstract
Case report is a 75-year old woman who presented an unexplained febrile encephalopathy with diffuse myoclonic jerks and a gout's polyarthritis. None of these etiologies was found: infectious, toxic, vascular, metabolic, hormonal, immunologic. The spectacular effect on neurologic symptoms of a treatment by colchicine alone lead us to consider that gout encephalopathy probably exists.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Arthritis, Gouty / complications
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Arthritis, Gouty / drug therapy
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Brain Diseases / drug therapy
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Brain Diseases / etiology*
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Colchicine / therapeutic use
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Female
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Fever / drug therapy
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Fever / etiology
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Gout / complications*
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Gout / drug therapy
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Gout Suppressants / therapeutic use
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Humans
Substances
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Gout Suppressants
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Colchicine